Originally Posted by
ams6110
And yet Tesla, an automotive company which presumably follows this process, still has an "auto pilot" software function that on more than one occasion drove a car into a stationary object at 70mph.
Tesla used the same chip as Audi, BMW etc. from a company called Mobileye.
But Tesla called it AutoPILOT instead of Lane/TrafficASSISTANT and used the System far beyond it's clearly stated limitations (no cross-traffic detection, 0,4s driver reaction). All other OEMs limited the system to 30 sec. without driver interaction.
After the accident, the company stopped delivering their system to Tesla because they then knew that it was used beyond it's limits (like MCAS?)
Mobileye claimed Tesla was 'pushing the envelope in terms of safety'. I'm not allowed to post the link (Reuters).
In addition, Tesla was forced to prevent the forseeable misuse by stopping the car after a certain time without driver interaction (touching the steering wheel...)
All other OEMs ripped Teslas apart to learn all the modern new solutions and mostly considered the solutions not state of the art in terms of safety.
It's the same story, management wanted something impossible. In one case a new aircraft without additional training, in the other case being in the news as first autonomous car manufacturer with affordable electric cars...
In one case it may have been forseeable that pilots go into the stall memory item (more speed), in the other one that people may take a nap while driving.